Comments on: Santa Clara basketball: Next season starts nowhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2010/03/09/santa-clara-basketball-next-season-starts-now/
With Jon WilnerWed, 21 Jun 2017 06:28:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8By: BroncoBillyhttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2010/03/09/santa-clara-basketball-next-season-starts-now/comment-page-1/#comment-34887
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:31:28 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34887I knew the staff was young, but hadn’t realized it was THAT young. You pretty much captured it in a nutshell JW except recapping your earlier obsevation that the team needs a leader. Let’s hope someone steps up.
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:57:22 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34818Wow … reasonableness in a Hotline Blog post, Oaklandbear? That’s an unusual trait around here – thanks! Maybe you’ll start a new trend – or maybe not.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:50:32 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34806Fair criticism of my post. Consider it withdrawn.
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:57:20 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34773Good post Jon. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that I’m in total agreement. Lots of reason for optimism. And don’t count Keating out. He’s done some good recruiting. Let’s see what he can do with it next year in the White Catholic Conference!
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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:21:43 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34771Bronco, yeah SJS gets NO love from the Merc. Isn’t this the 2nd year in a row they took out the Broncos?
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:45:32 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34756JON Boy … we love you ….

After spending MOST of the season writing about the Bears and Cardinal and whatever (oh-my!) … we get a piece about the Broncos and the “faithful” are incensed … whoa ….

We appreciate you spending some of your increasingly limited resources on a “home town” team (sorry SJS … you could use a little more Wilner love too!)

Some of the “newer” arrivals in the Bay Area probably don’t understand what a exciting brand of COLLEGE basketball the WCC plays and the competitive nature of it

keep the presure and where it’s due praise up and help us get the word out …. it’s only got to help the fan base and the circulation (wink, wink, nod, nod … if you know what I mean)

now on the the tourney and hated Bulldogs and despised Gaels ….

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:51:12 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34752I can’t speak for all Stanford fans but Dawkins appears to be listening to his assistants much more this season. His offensive and defensive schemes seemed much better tuned to the talent level and abilities on the floor. Last season it felt like he was force fitting a Duke scheme on an offense ill-suited for it.

I think most Stanford fans felt that the Cardinal under-achieved for the talent level it had last year and over achieved this year.

My biggest concern is that Dawkins show year to year growth as a coach and continue to hit the recruiting trail. We’re also hoping to not pay too big of a price for the “lost” recruiting year. We hate seeing the program down from it’s 90’s-early 00’s highs but we don’t blame Dawkins for that fall. At least not much. The intense criticism I heard around me last year has abated somewhat this year.

You might want to attune your radar to Stanford season tix renewals though. Many folks are doing some soul searching over the Season ticket surcharge/Buck Cardinal requirement. For me it comes out to another $1000 out of my pocket on top of ticket prices that have increased far faster than inflation and, like those around me, my Silicon Valley mortgage hasn’t gone down lately.

The AD may have to come face to face with the fact that raising prices in a down economy and with a small natural fanbase was not a wise decision. Could affect other departments as well – lots of discussions on whether folks should lower giving to the endowment or the hospital to meet the season ticket surcharge.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:13:57 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34751I heard Dick Davey is available for the old guy that knows Xs and Os…not.

From a Stanfurd perspective, is Davey helping Johnny Dawkins and Furd?

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:57:02 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34749Kid at SCU? No …. It’s just Jon doesn’t have many print readers in San Francisco! I’m afraid us blog readers don’t pay Jon’s salary unless we also subscribe to the Mercury (which as a card carrying representative of the Pleistocene era, I still do.)

The economics of American papers are still upside down and will be until someone figures out how to monetize providing news over the internet. – Lefty

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:40:48 +0000http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/?p=12348#comment-34748OaklandBear:
1. Jon covered his thoughts about St. Mary’s in his previous post.
2. The Contra Costa focuses on St. Mary’s – not the Merc. The Merc covers Santa Clara and I am glad they do. Please don’t tell Jon how to do his job.

Nice post Jon – I agree with most of what you said. A veteran assistant could not hurt but the healthy return of Foster and all key players is priority #1. Plus, I am somewhat skeptical in the magical X’s and O’s abilities of “veteran” assistants, as their Head Coaches don’t tend to let them get away and if they do it is either for a Top 25 program job or a head coaching job of their own.